This is an analysis of the poem The Stockyard Liar that begins with:
If ever you're handling a rough one
There's bound to be perched on the rails...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXXcdadadXeXX cXcXdbdb fXfXaXae cgcgaaXa ahahbdbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101100011 11001101 0011110111 11001101 111001101 011111001 1010010010 001111001 1011011011 01001101 1111111011 1110001 1111110110 1110110011 111001111 111011101 1110110010 11101001 111111010 00111100010 1010011111 11011001 110110011 001011101 1111110110 111110100 111110010 110111110 111001010 11101010 011010010 11011011 1010110110 101011001 110110110 101011101 1010111110 11101101 1010110100 01001101 1111110010 01011101 1010010010 01001001 1011010010 101001001 0011110010 111011101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 365
- Average number of words per stanza: 70
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, how, 'em, they, in, of, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word how is repeated.
The author used the same word how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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